For your presentation, you need to find quality information about your topic’s impact on human services advocacy. You will need to find quality sources suitable for college-level research that match your information needs. The information you are looking for impacts what types of sources to look for and where you will look for those sources.
| You need... | Look for... |
|---|---|
| general information | sources that provide overviews to help you gain understanding |
| opinions on a topic | sources that share points of views on a topic |
| facts to support your statements | research articles, data sources, or statistical resources |
| specific examples | first-person narratives or case studies |
| an expert's take | scholarly research articles, books, or other works written by someone who has demonstrated expertise |
| the latest information | newspapers or websites |
Look for sources that provide overviews to help you gain understanding, such as webpages, dictionaries, and encyclopedias. ⚠️ This should not be your main source of information.
Look for sources that share points of view on a topic, such as blogs, editorials, social media, and opinion polling agencies.
Look for scholarly research articles, books, or other works written by someone who has demonstrated expertise as well as interviews with those individuals.
Look for statistics-based resources related to the topic from government agencies, organizations, or original research articles.
Look for first-person narratives or case studies found in interviews, newspapers, research articles, and websites.
In the context of this assignment, it can be helpful to look at what information was being written at that time in history.
